
CALIBRATION PROCEDURE (Refer to Figures 2 and 3)
Any offset and/or gain calibration procedures should not be implemented
until devices are fully warmed up. To avoid interaction, offset must be ad-
justed before gain. The ranges of adjustment for the circuit of Figure 2 are
guaranteed to compensate for the ADS-CCD1202’s initial accuracy errors
and may not be able to compensate for additional system errors.
All fi xed resistors in Figure 2 should be metal-fi lm types, and multi-turn po-
tentiometers should have TCR’s of 100ppm/°C or less to minimize drift with
temperature. In many applications, the CCD will require an offset-adjust
(black balance) circuit near its output and also a gain stage, presumably
with adjust capabilities, to match the output voltage of the CCD to the input
range of the A/D. If one is performing a "system I/O calibration" (from light
in to digital out), these circuits can be used to compensate for the relatively
small initial offset and gain errors of the A/D. This would eliminate the need
for the circuit shown in Figure 2.
A/D converters are calibrated by positioning their digital outputs exactly
on the transition point between two adjacent digital output codes. This can
be accomplished by connecting LED’s to the digital outputs and adjusting
until certain LED’s "fl icker" equally between on and off. Other approaches
employ digital comparators or microcontrollers to detect when the outputs
change from one code to the next.
For the ADS-CCD1202, offset adjusting is normally accomplished at the
point where all output bits are 0’s and the LSB just changes from a 0 to a 1.
This digital output transition ideally occurs when the applied analog input is
+1/2LSB (+1.2207mV).
Gain adjusting is accomplished when all bits are 1’s and the LSB just
changes from a 1 to a 0. This transition ideally occurs when the analog
input is at +full scale minus 1 1/2 LSB’s (+9.99634V).
Offset Adjust Procedure
1. Apply a train of pulses to the START CONVERT input (pin 16) so the con-
verter is continuously converting. If using LED’s on the outputs, a 200kHz
conversion rate will reduce fl icker.
2. Apply +1.2207mV to the ANALOG INPUT (pin 20).
3. Adjust the offset potentiometer until the output bits are 0000 0000 0000
and the LSB fl ickers between 0 and 1.
Gain Adjust Procedure
1. Apply +9.99634V to the ANALOG INPUT (pin 20).
2. Adjust the gain potentiometer until all output bits are 1’s and the LSB fl ick-
ers between 1 and 0.
THERMAL REQUIREMENTS
All DATEL sampling A/D converters are fully characterized and speci-
fi ed over operating temperature (case) ranges of 0 to +70°C and – 55
to +125°C. All room-temperature (TA = +25°C) production testing is
performed without the use of heat sinks or forced-air cooling. Thermal
impedance fi gures for each device are listed in their respective specifi ca-
tion tables.
These devices do not normally require heat sinks, however, standard
precautionary design and layout procedures should be used to ensure
devices do not overheat. The ground and power planes beneath the pack-
age, as well as all pcb signal runs to and from the device, should be as
heavy as possible to help conduct heat away from the package. Electrically
insulating, thermally conductive "pads" may be installed underneath the
package. Devices should be soldered to boards rather than "socketed," and
of course, minimal air fl ow over the surface can greatly help reduce the
package temperature.
13
ADS-CCD1202
14
20
15
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
BIT 1 (MSB)
BIT 2
BIT 3
BIT 4
BIT 5
BIT 6
BIT 7
BIT 8
BIT 9
BIT 10
BIT 11
BIT 12 (LSB)
EOC
ANALOG
INPUT
19, 23
22
24
0.1F
4.7F
+5V
0.1F
4.7F
0.1F
4.7F +
+
–12V/–15V
+12V/+15V +
0.1F +
4.7F
21 +10V REF. OUT
0 to +10V
NO CONNECT
17, 18
Figure 3. Typical ADS-CCD1202 Connection Diagram
Table 2. ADS-CCD1202 Output Coding
INPUT VOLTAGE
(0 TO +10V)
UNIPOLAR
SCALE
DIGITAL OUTPUT
MSB LSB
+9.9976 +FS – 1LSB 1111 1111 1111
+7.5000 +3/4 FS 1100 0000 0000
+5.0000 +1/2 FS 1000 0000 0000
+2.5000 +1/4 FS 0100 0000 0000
+0.0024 +1LSB 0000 0000 0001
0 0 0000 0000 0000
To Pin 20 of
ADS-CCD1202
–15V
SIGNAL
INPUT
GAIN
ADJUST
1.98k
50
+15V
2k
200k20k
–15V
+15V
ZERO/
OFFSET
ADJUST
77
7
7
7
Figure 2. ADS-CCD1202 Calibration Circuit
ADS-CCD1202
12-Bit, 2MHz, Sampling A/D’s for CCD Imaging Applications
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